No. 24-6987
Cornelius Mayberry v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arrest-procedure fourth-amendment informant-testimony probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2025-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a warrantless search and seizure of a closed container violate the Fourth Amendment absent clear evidence of intent to abandon, and does a warrantless arrest based on an informant's identification of a different individual violate the Fourth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
1. Does a warrantless search and seizure of a closed container belonging to Petitioner violate the Fourth Amendment where there is not clear and unequivocal evidence of an intent to abandon the container ? 2. Does a warrantless arrest predicated on information from an informant who identified —by name and photograph —a completely different individual violate the Fourth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-17
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2025)
Attorneys
Cornelius Mayberry
John LaFitte Warren III — Law Office of Bill Nettles, Petitioner
John LaFitte Warren III — Law Office of Bill Nettles, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent